6046512 Resolution 21-476, Closing of a Public Alley in Square 342, S.O. 14-21629, Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

 A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-476

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

May 3, 2016        

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to order the closing of a portion of the public alley system in Square 342, bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., 10th Street, N.W., K Street, N.W., and 11th Street, N.W., in Ward 2.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Closing of a Public Alley in Square 342, S.O. 14-21629, Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

 

Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve emergency legislation to close a portion of the public alley system in Square 342, S.O. 14-21629.

(b) The purpose of the alley closing is to facilitate the redevelopment of a parcel of land and the development of a new hotel one block from the Convention Center, in the Mount Vernon neighborhood.  Lots 53 and 809, located within Square 342, are currently improved with 2 4-story 19th century buildings.  Lots 4 and 5, also located within Square 342, are covered by a surface parking lot.  Directly across the street from Square 342, to the west and south, are high-density mixed-use commercial buildings.  The applicant is Jemal’s Bulldog LLC.

(c) The proposed hotel will be constructed over the top of the existing alley, making continued access to that alley impossible.  However, the alley system in Square 342 also includes a 12-foot-wide through-block public alley running east-west, as well as an 11-foot-wide north-south public alley.

(d) The Council has passed a permanent version of this legislation, the Closing of a Public Alley in Square 342, S.O. 14-21629, Act of 2016, enacted on May 4, 2016 (D.C. Act 21-387; 63 DCR ____).  Making the closing effective sooner than congressional review will allow would enable the project to proceed without the risk of delay.

 

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Closing of a Public Alley in Square 342, S.O. 14-21629, Emergency Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.